Windows Presentation Foundation has been in release since late 2006,
as a part of the then .NET 3.0 Framework, also preinstalled on Windows Vista at the time.
It promised to change the way rich client applications are written, and eventually replace
the old, Win32-based Windows Forms.
Microsoft Visual C# is a powerful but simple language aimed primarily at developers creating applications by using the Microsoft .NET Framework. It inherits many of the best features of C++ and Microsoft Visual Basic, but few of the inconsistencies and anachronisms, resulting in a cleaner and more logical language. C# 1.0 made its...
Now that you have picked up this book and are curious enough to read this introduction, let me share with you how
Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) can help you to be a better developer. WF is a Microsoft .NET technology that
provides a fascinating way to develop software by defining workflows instead of writing conventional code.
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